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Blason Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Sélection de 8 forts, fortifications and arsenals sur 36 en Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Fort de Balaguier
Defensive heritage
83500 La Seyne-sur-Mer

Balaguier Fort, built in the 17th century in La Seyne-sur-Mer, is a military work designed to protect the Toulon harbour, now transformed into a maritime museum.
Fort des Salettes
Defensive heritage
05100 Briançon

Fort des Salettes, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century, is a Vubanesque fortification overlooking Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, protecting the road to Italy.
Head Fort
Defensive heritage
05100 Briançon

Fort des Têtes is an 18th century fortified fortification overlooking Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, designed to defend the city. Ranked a historic monument and registered with UNESCO, it illustrates Vauban's military architecture.
Fort du Randouillet
Defensive heritage
05100 Briançon

Fort du Randouillet, built at the beginning of the eighteenth century, is a dominant military fortification Briançon in the Hautes-Alpes, integrated with the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fort Joubert or Fort Saint Vincent
Defensive heritage
04340 Saint-Vincent-les-Forts

Fort Joubert, also known as Fort Saint-Vincent, is a 17th-century military work designed by Vauban, located in Saint-Vincent-les-Forts in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, integrating dreads and bastions to defend the Ubaye valley.
Balloon furnaces of the islands of Lérins
Arsenal
06150 Cannes

The ball furnaces of the Lérins islands, built in the 17th century near Cannes, are military installations intended to heat fire projectiles to defend the Provencal coast.
Mede Battery
Fortification
83400 Hyères

The Médes battery, built in the 18th and 19th centuries on the island of Porquerolles (Hyères), is a coastal fortification protecting the Toulon harbour, classified as a historic monument in 1989.
Fortin de l'Alicastre
Defensive heritage
83400 Hyères

The Alicastre fort, built around 1640 on the island of Porquerolles in Hyères, is a pyramidal military structure transformed in the 19th century, classified as a historical monument since 1927.